Peter G. Fitzgerald won with 50.3% of the vote (1,709,041 votes), ahead of Carol Moseley-Braun with 47.4% (1,610,496 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 2.9 percentage points (98,545 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 2.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.3 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
3,394,521 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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